Conflicker worm virus6/23/2023 ![]() The malicious program already is thought to have infected between 5 million and 10 million computers. We slap each other five when we're killing those infections." To us, we get almost a feather in our cap to be able to knock out that worm. "We're like former hackers who like to catch other hackers. "We love catching bad guys," said Alvin Estevez, CEO of Enigma Software Group, which is one of many companies trying to crack Conficker. They're motivated in part by a $250,000 bounty from Microsoft and also by what seems to be a sort of Dick Tracy ethic. Members are searching for the malicious software program's author and for ways to do damage control if he or she can't be stopped. The anti-worm researchers have banded together in a group they call the Conficker Cabal. ![]()
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